“Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall observe it to the end.
Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law
And keep it with all my heart.
Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
For I delight in it.
Incline my heart to Your testimonies
And not to dishonest gain.
Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,
And revive me in Your ways.
Establish Your word to Your servant,
As that which produces reverence for You.” (Psalm 119:33-38 NASB1995)
Who is our #1 teacher we are to be listening to and
following? God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. And he speaks to us
through the Scriptures, and he speaks to us through his Spirit who lives within
those of us who believe in Christ. For the Word of God is implanted in the
hearts of those who believe in Jesus. And we are taught of God by the Holy
Spirit who lives within us. But within the body of Christ we also have
Christians with the gift of teaching, and we can learn from them, too, but we
must test what they teach against the Scriptures, taught it context, so we
believe the truth.
For we want to be taught the truth, which is of God, so that
what we end up following is the truth, and not the lies which are spreading so
rapidly. We should want to know the way of the Lord and of his commandments so
that we will now walk in them, in truth and in righteousness, until the very
end. And we should inquire of the Lord for understanding of his Word so that,
by the Spirit, we will walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commandments
(New Covenant), and so we will keep his Word wholeheartedly. For we should be
those who delight in walking in the ways of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Now, not only should we pray that our hearts will be
inclined to receiving, believing, and putting into daily practice the
testimonies of our Lord, written down for us in the Scriptures (taught in the
correct context), but that our hearts will not be inclined to what is dishonest
and to what is vanity. And this is why we must be students of the Scriptures
who study them in the correct biblical context, so that we are able to discern
truth from error (from lies), so that we end up obeying the truth and not the
lies which are spreading so rapidly today. For many teach lies as truth and
truth as lies.
So God is the one to establish within us what is true and to
let us know what is false. And the Word of the Lord, written down for us in the
Scriptures, if taught in the appropriate context, should be that which produces
reverence for God. And reverence is respect, honor, and worship, which includes
us denying self, dying to sin daily, and walking in obedience to our Lord
according to his commands. It includes us humbly surrendering our lives to Christ,
to do his will, to answer his calls, to walk in his ways, and to honor him as
Lord of our lives. For to this we are called of God, to serve Him.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John
6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1
Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32;
Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2;
1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]
Your Word
Based off Psalms 119
An Original Work /
December 27, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Praise You with an
upright heart as
I learn of Your
righteousness.
I seek You with all
my heart;
Do not let me stray
from Your law.
I have hidd’n Your
word in my heart
That I might not sin
against You.
Open my eyes that I
may see
Wonderful things in
Your word.
I am a stranger on
earth.
I have chosen the
way of truth;
My heart is set on
Your word.
I will walk about in
freedom,
For I have sought
out Your truth.
Teach me knowledge
and good judgment,
For I believe in
Your law.
Your hands made me,
and they formed me;
Give me
understanding, Lord.
I put my hope in
Your word.
Your word is a lamp
to my feet
And a light unto my
path.
You are my shield
and my refuge;
In Your word I put
my hope.
My heart trembles at
Your word, Lord.
May my lips o’erflow
with praise.
May my tongue sing
of Your truth, Lord.
Your salvation,
Lord, long I.
Your word, Lord, is
my delight.
That Which Produces Reverence for God
An Original Work / July 21, 2025
Christ’s Free
Servant, Sue J Love
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